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Re: [LUG] iso numbers for file formats

 

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:08:34PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote:
> I know that odf is iso 26300
> research has revealded that pdf is 32000
> 
> I am looking for similar numbers for any of the MS formats, (i know they
> probably don't exist)

No MS formats have (yet) been standardised by ISO. Ergo, they don't have
a number.

> Like it or not people seeem to insist that MS is some sort of standard,
> I would like to put more in my sig (I can add pdf),  but if I also add
> ms office format - iso = unknown

MS Office is at best a de-facto standard, due largely to Microsoft's
monopoly.

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